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At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Boston based CFO’ operating in the Manufacturing space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Bob Halliday
VP & General Manager, interim CFO of Applied Materials
Bob Halliday was named senior vice president and chief financial officer of Applied Materials, Inc. in February 2013. He previously was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates prior to Applied’s acquisition of the company in November 2011. During his tenure, Varian achieved record financial and stock performance and he was named a top CFO by Institutional Investor magazine. Since the acquisition of Varian, Mr. Halliday served as general manager of the implant business unit within Applied’s Silicon Systems Group. He previously worked at Ionics, Inc., a manufacturer of water treatment capital equipment, where he served as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Mr. Halliday earned master of business administration and bachelor of science degrees from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and has been a Certified Public Accountant.
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About Applied Materials, Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates: Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Kevin A. Messerle
Chief Financial Officer of York Space Systems
Kevin joined Summit Partners in 2015. He is a member of Summit Partners Credit Advisors, the credit affiliate of Summit Partners which addresses the borrowing needs of small and large companies. Kevin has extensive experience in leveraged finance. He currently leads the firm’s origination activities in energy, transportation, and automotive. Prior to Summit, Kevin worked for Regiment Capital, where he was responsible for credit investments across several sectors including energy and metals/mining. Previously, he worked for Davidson Kempner Capital Management as a senior distressed debt analyst covering a variety of sectors. Kevin holds a BS in mechanical engineering, with distinction, from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.
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About Summit Partners, York Space Systems: York Space Systems is a designer and manufacturer of spacecraft bus platforms.
Bryan Poist
Chief Financial Officer of Affordable Interior Systems
Bryan joined AIS in the Spring of 2001. Prior to joining AIS, Bryan was CFO for a furniture manufacturer, managing all aspects of the financial dealings for the $35M company from 1995-2001. He also was responsible for initiatives to streamline production processes and implemented cost controls throughout the organization. Previously Bryan had 15 years of experience at the CFO level in real estate and travel management.
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About Affordable Interior Systems: Affordable Interior Systems Office furniture can be fun and we’re here to prove it.
Karl Johnsen
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Aspen Technology
Karl Johnsen joined AspenTech in 2013 and serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to becoming CFO, Johnsen served as Vice President, Corporate Controller bringing over twenty years of financial management and leadership experience to the company. Prior to AspenTech, Johnsen served as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer for Avid Technology, a leading provider of digital media content-creation products and solutions for audio, film, video, and broadcast professionals. He has also held Finance leadership roles at a variety of public and private technology and software companies including Fusion Storm, a global value added reseller of technology products and provider of professional and cloud services; GlassHouse Technologies, Inc., a global provider of data center consulting, integration and managed services; Art Technology Group, a software provider of integrated Internet-based commerce applications; and ClickTactics, Inc., a software developer of a web-based direct marketing automation solutions. Johnsen is also a CPA and started his career at Arthur Andersen, LLP. Johnsen holds a B.S. in Accountancy from Bentley University and an MBA from Babson College.
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About Aspen Technology: Aspen Technology develops and supplies integrated software and services to optimize business processes.
Yuval Marcus
Chief Financial Officer of Tulip Interfaces
Yuval Marcus is catalyzing digital manufacturing at Tulip Interfaces. Prior to that, he was vice president for BMO Capital Markets and a senor associate at JVP. Yuval bears a masters degree in business administration and computer science.
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About Tulip Interfaces: Tulip is empowering companies to digitally transform their operations its connected, IIoT-native, no-code frontline operations platform.
David Murray
Chief Financial Officer of Alcon
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About Alcon: Alcon specializes in developing and manufacturing innovative medicines and devices to serve the full life cycle of eye care needs.
Richard Sneider
Chief Financial Officer of Kopin
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About Kopin: Kopin Corporation’s voice-activated, wireless, hands-free Golden-i mobile computing headsets, power-efficient, ultra-small liquid
Lindon Robertson
EVP and CFO of Brooks Automation
Mr. Robertson joined Brooks on October 1, 2013 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Robertson is responsible for leading and managing Brooks’ global financial strategy including establishing long range financial planning and policies while maintaining positive relationships with their shareholders and the financial community. Prior to joining Brooks, Mr. Robertson was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Graftech International, a $1.3 billion global provider of carbon and graphite products for industrial applications. Prior to Graftech International, he worked for the IBM Corporation for over 25 years in various senior financial management roles, including CFO of IBM’s global hardware business and CFO of IBM’s Japan and China operations. Mr. Robertson holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and an undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of Texas, Austin. He also holds a CPA license from the state of North Carolina.
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About Brooks Automation: Brooks Automation provides automation, vacuum, and instrumentation solutions to the worldwide semiconductor manufacturing industry.
Peter F. McAree
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer of HeartWare International
Peter joined HeartWare in July 2012 as Chief Financial Officer with overall responsibility for the strategy and operations of the Company’s accounting and finance functions, as well as oversight of the Information Technology department. Peter has more than 25 years of financial management and public accounting experience, serving most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Caliper Life Sciences prior to their acquisition by PerkinElmer in November 2011. Before that, Peter served as CFO of Zymark Corporation prior to the company’s merger with Caliper in 2003. Peter is a Certified Public Accountant in Massachusetts, and holds a degree from Bentley University.
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About HeartWare International: HeartWare International develops and manufactures small implantable heart pumps or VAD for the treatment of advanced heart failure in US.
Ivan Ardemagni
CFO of Actnano
Ivan Ardemagni serves as the Chief Financial Officer at ACTnano.
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About Actnano: Actnano specializes in smart coating solutions that make electronics water-resistant.
Michael A. DiPoto
VP, CFO of kSARIA
Mike brings 17 years of financial and operational experience to kSARIA as a corporate, high technology financial executive. In his previous position as Chief Financial Officer at publicly held Data Translation, Inc., he led all financial, operational and administrative functions including human resources, investor relations and information technology. He helped set strategic direction, led and participated in raising $5 million in equity capital. Prior to joining Data Translation, Mike served as Corporate Controller for software start-up, NuMega Technologies, Inc. where he led the finance team through the sale of the company to Compuware. Mike has also held senior finance positions in the hardware/software industry including RVSI, Acuity Imaging, Inc. and Automatix, Inc. Mike has a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell and a Masters of Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University.
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About kSARIA: kSARIA develops, repairs, and supports fiber optic solutions for retrofitted weapon systems and commercial aircrafts.
Gary Lortie
Co-founder & CFO of SciAps
Gary Lortie is the CFO and Co-founder at SciAps Inc.
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About SciAps: SciAps offers field-hardened and portable analytical instruments that measures compounds, minerals, and elements.
